Thank you for the comment. I was delighted to find Amendment IX as a hegelian blog [1], but I am very skeptical of the viability of the dialectic. It seems to be a rehashing of Plato’s Forms — a beautiful aesthetic that cloaks more than it reveals.

I assume you are refering to Jacque Lacan. Could you summarize his commentary on Hegel?

PS: The wikipedia article gave a great quote from Chomsky on Lacan, which could be said of Chomsky himself!

“an amusing and perfectly self-conscious charlatan, though his earlier work, pre-cult, was sensible”

dan: thanks for popping in. i’m currently on the move so haven’t had enough time to respond to the comments over at A9 in detail. but wanted to agree with your point about oversimplification. hegel, insofar as hegel is hegel, is indeed quite oversimplified. i think that was his goal. to derive the simplest explanation. but hegel, insofar as his thought is a part of philosophy, is not at all simple but rather complex… much like buddhism. again, i really appreciate the comments, and i hope to have a more thorough reply in the very near future.